by Thaddeus Flint
A former Court Clerk with the Town of New Lebanon has initiated a lawsuit against the Town, the Town Board, Town Board Member Douglas Clark and two Town Justices and is demanding $139,000 as a settlement for what she believes was “unlawful termination from employment.”
Diane Reynolds-Brown was a Court Clerk with the New Lebanon courts from December 2007 until January 19, 2012, at which time her two year appointment was terminated in a letter signed by Town Justices Jessica Byrne and Jack Nevers. According to the Claim, Reynolds-Brown was “terminated without any due process.”
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Archives for February 2012
Hoosick Rescue Squad Volunteers Answer The Call
by Bea Peterson
In a time when the country is woefully lacking in volunteers, the Town of Hoosick Volunteer Rescue Squad managed to respond to 687 calls in 2011. That is 1.88 calls a day! With just two dozen members and extra volunteer drivers, they were called away on Sundays and holidays, at dinner time and in the middle of the night. [Read more…] about Hoosick Rescue Squad Volunteers Answer The Call
Stephentown To Present Plan To Take Over Elementary School
by David Flint
The Stephentown Town Board has accepted the offer from the Berlin School Board to present a proposal for assuming ownership of the now vacant Stephentown Elementary School property. The School Board last month voted to request both the Stephentown Board and the Grafton Fire District to submit tentative plans by March 6 for the properties of the vacant elementary school properties in their respective towns. [Read more…] about Stephentown To Present Plan To Take Over Elementary School
HFCS To Appeal Disqualification Of Bowling Team From State Tournament
by Bea Peterson
On Friday, February 17, the Times Union reported that the Hoosick Falls Bowling Team had been stripped of its Section II Class C-D Bowling Championship and its place in the March State Tournament because it did not complete the paperwork required when seventh or eighth grade students compete in a varsity sport.
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Petersburgh Town Board Action – To Secede Or Not To Secede
by Alex Brooks
At the Petersburgh Town Board Meeting this week, Kurt Klein presented a petition signed by about 75 Petersburgh residents asking to have a referendum on whether the Town should secede from the Berlin School District. He said he had not been able to talk with everyone by any means but he had spent a few Saturdays going door to door to talk with people about the School District. He said about 80% of the people he talked to signed the petition.
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Demolition Of The Union Free School Building Begins; Bell Tower To Be Saved
by Thaddeus Flint
With the word out that the historic Union Free School building in New Lebanon is to be demolished this week, many from the Town and the surrounding areas have been coming by to take one last look at the structure which has been a part of the Town’s personality for 99 years.
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HFCS Presents First Draft Of Budget
by Alex Brooks
The first draft of the Hoosick Falls School District budget was presented last week. Superintendent Ken Facin called the situation “challenging,” but he set a goal of developing a budget that does not exceed a 2% tax levy increase, with minimal impact on staffing and student programming. He said, “We have some work to do, but we will find a way to reach our goal.”
The budget as presented showed a tax levy increase of 8.19%, but no one expects it to stay that high. The Board’s intention is to work that down to 2% or less before it adopts a budget on April 19.
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Rensselaer County Legislature – HFCS Girls Rule
by Kieron Kramer
While their parents, relatives and friends filled the gallery of the Legislative Chamber during the presentation period of the Rensselaer County Legislature’s regular meeting on Tuesday, February 14, the Hoosick Falls State Class C Co-Championship Girls Soccer Team entered the well of the Legislature with their coach to receive copies of the resolution passed in December honoring their season’s achievements. Legislators Brownell and Goodermote made the presentation to the 17 members of the team present on Tuesday.
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Berlin Town Board Action – The Rest Of The Story
by Kieron Kramer
The Berlin Town Board held its regular meeting on February 9. In last week’s issue of the Eastwick Press much of the meeting was reported. This is the rest of the story.
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Village of Hoosick Falls Board Meeting – The Rest Of The Story
by Bea Peterson
The Village of Hoosick Falls Board met on Tuesday, February 14. Last week’s Eastwick Press briefly discussed the presentation by the HAYC3 Youth Impact, Jr. team encouraging the Board and those attending the meeting to shop locally and the Boards announcement to hire CGR (Center for Government Research) to do a Dissolution Study, Here is the rest of the story.
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